European Arrival at the New World

By TomasBelmar

  • First English settlement (Roanoke) established

    First English settlement (Roanoke) established

  • Roanoke vanished

  • Atlantic Seaboard divided in two by King James I

    Atlantic Seaboard divided in two by King James I

  • London Company sent 144 men to Virginia

  • Reached Chesapeake Bay and built Jamestown

  • Virginia's settlers start growing tobacco

  • First African slaves arrive at Virginia

  • First English immigrants arrive at Plymouth

  • Virginia becomes colony

  • 12 million acres of land above Chesapeake Bay granted to Cecilius Calvert

  • King Charles gives territory between New England and Virginia to the Duke of York

  • Carolina splits into two (North and South)

  • Georgia Colony established by James Oglethorpe

  • 45,000 sq ml of land West of Delaware River given to William Penn